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May 10, 2001 Trans Atlantic Cable TAT-14 Begins Service


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<img width="533" height="328" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TAT141.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="TAT-14" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TAT141.png 533w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TAT141-300x184.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px" />

<img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-21521 " data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/05/TAT141-300x184.png" alt="TAT-14" width="210" height="129" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TAT141-300x184.png 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TAT141.png 533w" sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" />May 10, 2001: TAT-14 Begins Service

2001 – TAT-14, the Transatlantic cable begins commercial service. A dual, bi-directional ring configuration using Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplex (DWDM) – Sixteen wavelengths of STM-64 per fiber pair. It carried 640 Gbps, and connectedGermany, the UK, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands with the US.

Even though there have been a couple failures, TAT-14 is still in service.

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